The death toll from Haiti's January 12 earthquake could reach 300,000, Haitian President Rene Preval said in an appeal for international aid at a summit of Caribbean leaders. Haitian officials had previously put the death toll at 217,000, but Preval advanced the higher 300,000 estimate Sunday in a speech to leaders of Mexico and the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom).Duration: 00:35
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nathan4638 1 year ago
@voyeurdug The problem was that there where no building codes in haiti. People built shacks all over the place without structure due to being poor and needed just a roof over their head. However, the weak government did not regulate anything. And, it is just not the Preval, it is a problem on going for years. To be earthquake resistent a home need to have metal inside the cinder blocks for reinforcement. In haiti, only people with money would be able to afford such a reinforcement.
GmanZouk 1 year ago
Mother Earth don't like Black People :(
or
the Earth quake was man made used by weapons like H.A.R.R.P
who knows lol
Serubis 2 years ago
@voyeurdug - as President of the country, you'd think he is more qualified to make a guess at how many of his people are missing presumed dead than any viewer of this video.
mojojojo0 2 years ago
That wasn't news. That was a vague guess, but someone whose qualifications to guess is approximately the same as any viewer of this video.
voyeurdug 2 years ago